Sale reports / Kentucky / Stanford Livestock Auction / 2025-12-04

Stanford Livestock Auction

Name: Stanford Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Stanford, Kentucky · Thu, Dec 4

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2220

← May 8Dec 4May 14 →

Receipts

387 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 392▼ 129 vs year ago 516 · −25.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $409.54/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −45.54 against this barn's trailing median of $455.07.

Average price

$409.54

37 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$444

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$113.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.72

vs KY average

−19.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	418.37	2,121	32
Medium and Large 2	583	365.00	2,128	4thin
Medium and Large 3	550	305.00	1,678	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.37/cwt here — about $444 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale37 hd

409.54

—

KY average23 barns · 1,033 hd

387.82

+21.72

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−19.61

This barn, trailing median1 sales

455.07

−45.54

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,550	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,622	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	431.18/cwt	423.00–443.00	1,785	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,661	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	369.25/cwt	363.00–382.50	1,806	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1-2	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,098	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	418.37/cwt	401.00–421.00	2,121	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,678	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,128	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	371.29/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,265	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,491	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	339.75/cwt	335.00–363.00	2,399	24
Steers	700–750	Small 1-2	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	331.57/cwt	319.00–341.00	2,616	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,678	32
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,936	80
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	382.60/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,511	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,715	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	379.33/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,927	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	588	359.24/cwt	359.00–360.00	2,112	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,889	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	684	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,209	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	298.04/cwt	288.00–299.00	2,074	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	292.34/cwt	279.00–299.00	2,318	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,281	11
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,255	5

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Stanford, KY

Thu Dec 4, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Receipts 387Last week 392Year ago 516

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	414	423.00–443.00	431.18
8	450–500	496	423.00	423.00
32	500–550	507	401.00–421.00	418.37
37	600–650	610	370.00–374.00	371.29
12	650–700	690	361.00	361.00
24	700–750	706	335.00–363.00	339.75
14	750–800	789	319.00–341.00	331.57
32	800–850	809	331.00	331.00
80	900–950	935	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	397.50	397.50
3	450–500	489	363.00–382.50	369.25
4	550–600	583	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	725	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	460	361.00	361.00
1	550–600	550	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	660	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	367.50–390.00	382.60
4	400–450	431	398.00	398.00
26	500–550	508	372.00–385.00	379.33
14	550–600	594	318.00	318.00
11	650–700	696	288.00–299.00	298.04
9	750–800	793	279.00–299.00	292.34
11	800–850	803	284.00	284.00
5	900–950	924	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	588	359.00–360.00	359.24
8	650–700	684	323.00	323.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.